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Name: __________
AAB UNIVERSITY
Lexicology with Etymology
SECOND ASSIGNMENT
Word Formation
Choose the best answer that would complete the statement among
the four alternatives.
1. Conversion is a method ____ .
A. of turning words of one part of speech to those of a
different part of speech
B. of converting words of one meaning into different meaningC.
of deriving words through grammatical means
D. of changing words in morphological structure
2. In most cases a noun can be converted to a verb ____ .
A. with some changes
B. without any change
C. with some changes in spelling
D. without any change in pronunciation
3.
Words involved in conversion are mainly ____ .A. nouns, verbs
and adverbs
B. nouns, adjectives and verbs
C. nouns, prepositions and verbs
D. adjectives, adverbs and verbs
4. In a derivational process, an item is converted to a new word
class without the addition of
an affix. The process is called ____ .
A. full conversion B. partial conversion
C. function shift D. zero-derivation
5. Nouns converted from adjectives have all the characteristics
of nouns and achieve a full
noun status, thus known as ____ .
A. partial conversion B. full conversion
C. functional shift D. grammatical shift
6. Nouns partially converted from adjectives do not possess all
the qualities a noun does.
They must be used together with ____ .
A. plural forms B. single forms
C. adjectives D. definite articles
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7. The conversion of two-syllable nouns into verbs involves a
change of ____ .
A. spelling B. pronunciation
C. stress D. function
8. Back-formation is the method of creating new words by ____
the socalled suffixes.
A. removing B. combining
C. shortening D. considering
9. Compounds are different from free phrases in all the
following way except ____ .
A. semantics B. grammar
C. phonetics D. lexicology
10.Which of the following words is NOT formed through
clipping?
A. Dorm B. Motel
C. Gent D. Zoo
10 points
Define the fol lowing terms.
1. acronymy:
4 points
Question and answer.
1What is affixation?
4 points
2What is the difference between Prefixation and suffixation?
4 points
3Analyze the formation of the following blends.
1) motel:
2)
skylab:
3) chunnel:
4) humint:
5) advertistics:
6) medicaid:
7) workfare:
8) psywar:
9) Nixonomics:
10)
comsat:
10 points
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Match the words in column A with the words in column B.
1) someone who writes songs
2) someone who cleans windows
3) the race for arms
4) the train in the morning
5) a mine for gold
6) bathe in the sun
7) as cheap as dirt
8) tanned by the sun
a. sunbathe
b. gold mine
c. dirt-cheap
d. suntanned
e. window-cleaner
f. arms race
g. morning train
h. song writer
10 points
Read the fol lowing sentences and restore the ful l f orms of
the ital icized words.
1. Did you see The Doctor Dilemmas on tellylast night? ( )
2. Palestinian demos mark massacres. ( )
3. The America was the first to nuke Two Japanese cities. (
)
4. Viet troops suffer setback in Kampuchea. ( )
5. The police asks for info on stolen computers. ( )
6. Rural credit co-ops to get more autonomy. ( )
7. Today, China acts to meet high-tech challenge. ( )
8. Setback for governing paritiesEuro vote. ( )
8 points Explain the following words.
1. SALT:
2. laser:
3. AIDS:
4. V-Day:
5. D-Day:
6. G-man:
7.
ID:
8. EEC:
9. OPEC:
10. CIA
10 points
TOTAL 60 points
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